The Notebook currently beats WALL·E 61–39
The rain-soaked romance outperforms Pixar's robot — human passion leads.
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The Verdict Genre Clash
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The rain kiss — Gosling and McAdams soaked, shouting, the years of separation collapsing in a single physical moment that Cassavetes holds long enough for the audience to feel the relief as much as the characters do — is romantic cinema at its most uninhibited. WALL·E's romance is the more formally innovative achievement: a love story told without dialogue between two machines. But uninhibited human passion generates a response that animated devotion, however precisely rendered, can't fully replicate. The lead says the body in the rain outperforms the robot holding the hand. Physical passion wins over mechanical patience.
The Numbers
| WALL·E | The Notebook | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 39% | 61% |
| Overall Win Rate | 54% | 51% |
| Championships | 35 | 10 |
| Budget | $180M | $29M |
| Box Office | $521M | $116M |
Where This Matchup Sits
BingeBracket has 57 films from the 2000s. Both land somewhere in the middle.
Elsewhere on the platform, they have a common problem — The Shawshank Redemption beats both of them. Whatever else separates these two films, they share that one loss.
WALL·E has 35 tournament wins to The Notebook's 10, but that championship pedigree isn't translating to the head-to-head. Something about this specific pairing overrides the broader record.
WALL·E grossed $521M to The Notebook's $116M. Despite the box office gap, The Notebook wins the head-to-head on BingeBracket.
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